a. [f. FLUTE sb.1 + -Y1.] Resembling a flute in tone, flute-like; soft and clear.
1823. New Monthly Mag., VIII. 39.
Cuckoo! Cuckoo! O welcome, welcome notes! | |
Fields, woods, and waves rejoice | |
In that recoverd voice, | |
As on the wind its fluty music floats. |
1845. Alb. Smith, Fort. Scatterg. Fam., xxiii. He sang with a delicate fluty voice some enamoured stanzas.